Fraud in The Netherlands despite the transparant system
Jacques Vos
This paper consists of six sections. In Chapter 1 the most disturbing fraud case in The Netherlands is described. In Chapter two some other, more common types of fraud are explained. In those fraud cases weaker parties and parties in need were disadvantaged by the actions of professional parties. The third chapter contains shared characteristics among these types of fraud. The next chapter (Chapter four) describes the participation of the Kadaster Registrar in the detection of fraud. Chapter five describes the Dutch system of Key Registers. One of the reasons to implement such a system, was the re-use of (already registered) information and (to support) the prevention of fraud. In the final chapter (six) the official meaning of the Land Registry information is explained. Nowadays people rely more and more on the cadastre, which is the official index to the Land Register. Confidence in the Land Registry information (cadastre) in combination with a system of Key Registers that is improving and shows a self-cleaning effect, results in a possible movement towards a change in the Dutch legal system into a title system.
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